38Synonyms found for fantasy

Word Origin & History

fantasy early 14c., "illusory appearance," from O.Fr. fantasie, from L. phantasia, from Gk. phantasia "appearance, image, perception, imagination," from phantazesthai "picture to oneself," from phantos "visible," from phainesthai "appear," in late Gk. "to imagine, have visions," related to phaos, phos "light," phainein "to show, to bring to light" (see phantasm). Sense of "whimsical notion, illusion" is pre-1400, followed by that of "imagination," which is first attested 1530s. Sense of "day-dream based on desires" is from 1926, as is fantasize.

Example Sentences for fantasy

But the way endowments actually work made a naïve fantasy of that simple, heartfelt dream.

We, as humans telling stories, need to retain elements of fantasy and imagination.

It is equally conceivable that the fantasy-made-reality of human space flight will return to fantasy.

Building a pair of dream rosters is the great general-manager fantasy, a test of his skills as an evaluator of talent.

Those who tuned in late missed the disclaimer that the program was pure fantasy.

While some of the paintings in that exhibition depict the countryside near his home, others are pure fantasy.

It may have been more of a fantasy than anything else.

Thanks to an unexpected mold outbreak in two residence halls, that far-flung fantasy is about to come true.

Today, antigravity research is an all-but-extinct field of study that has devolved into little more than science-fiction fantasy.

One must see it to believe it is not some elaborate computer-generated fantasy.